In Stars and Time

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Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

Genres

RPGTurn-Based

Features

Single Player

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What would you do if you were forced to relive your failures over and over again?

In Stars and Time tells the story of Siffrin and their adventurer friends—a found family bound together by fate in order to end the tyrannical reign of an evil king. But as victory is just within the party’s grasp, a tragedy occurs, the clock resets, and they have to do it all again.

As Siffrin’s the only one who notices this loop, each new start wears away at his cheerful veneer, yet he keeps going in hopes he can end this temporal tragedy once and for all.

In Stars and Time is a time-looping RPG adventure. With each loop, Siffrin gains a new perspective on the world around them, opening up new solutions to puzzles and allowing them to make better choices in conversation. Equip memories as armor, pray to the Change God to improve your team’s capabilities each loop, and challenge deadly foes to Rock, Paper, Scissors as Siffrin seeks the truth.

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✦ Our Adventurers

  • Siffrin (he/they): Stressed, depressed, and under duress. (Don’t worry about it. They’re doing fine.) The punmaster protagonist of our neverending tale.

  • Mirabelle (she/her): A caring and nervous housemaiden mysteriously blessed by the god she so ardently follows.

  • Isabeau (he/him): Defender with a heart of gold. Cares dearly for his people and his friends.

  • Odile (she/her): The mature and nonsensical researcher studying…something. (No, she will not tell you what it is.)

  • Bonnie (they/them): Wait a minute, who brought this kid along???

✦ Features

  • Save the world through the power of Rock, Paper, Scissors in strategic turn-based RPG combat encounters.

  • Ignore the limits of time and space to fix your past mistakes by repeating the same two days over and over again.

  • Equip the memories you have of your friends to make your party stronger in combat.

  • Watch the fate of this world unfold as you escape the twists and turns of this endless(???) loop.

  • Eat samossas with your friends!

  • Get heckled by a cheeky ethereal being of infinite starlight.

  • Pray to a god for good luck in your travels. You’re gonna need it.

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If any of this interests you, you might also want to play the game’s initial prototype, START AGAIN START AGAIN START AGAIN: A Prologue. While you don’t need to play it to understand In Stars and Time, it’s fun to see the game’s roots.

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In Stars and Time Ratings & Reviews

Nintendo Life

by Em Stonham

8 / 10

In Stars and Time can be unforgiving, but if you're a sucker for story-driven RPGs with roguelite mechanics and tricky puzzles, you won't find many better options out there. It's a difficult game to beat quickly, with our initial run taking us just over the 45-hour mark. Aside from the small problems like some unclear visual cues and minor lag issues, the game plays brilliantly. The characters are loveable and feel incredibly authentic, and the story is deeply engaging. Just be warned - almost every item becomes important at some stage. There are heaps of rooms, hidden passages, and corridors, and you'll need to remember where everything is if you want to progress. Keep a pen and paper handy.

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RPG Fan

by Izzy Parsons

80 / 100

If In Stars and Time catches your eye, I don't think you will be disappointed. Come for the nostalgia and quirk, stay for the laughs and tears.

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RPG Site

by Junior Miyai

8 / 10

If you’re a person who maybe saw an antagonistic meme once about “quirky indie rpg about depression” and decided to make hating those your entire personality, move on — there’s nothing for you here. But if you’re willing to engage with content about mental health seriously, and explore the concepts of life, death, what what it would actually feel like to be trapped in a loop, forcing your friends and family to do certain tasks repeatedly — then you’ll find a thought-provoking and well-written story within In Stars and Time.

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In Stars and Time System Requirements

Minimum

Recommended

OS version

Windows 7 x64

OS version

Windows 7 x64

CPU

Intel Core i3-530 (2 * 2930), AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core (4 * 2300), or equivalent

CPU

Intel Core i3-530 (2 * 2930), AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core (4 * 2300), or equivalent

Memory

4 GB RAM

Memory

4 GB RAM

GPU

GeForce GT 440 (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 7750 (1024MB)

GPU

GeForce GT 440 (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 7750 (1024MB)

Storage

500 MB available space

Storage

500 MB available space

Languages Supported

  • Audio: N/A

  • Text: English, Japanese

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